I bought one of the Zoom purple clutch setups for my first Hipo Mustang back in 1974 and it was so strong I could hardly push the pedal down, and it ended up breaking the Z bar.......
In the early 70s I used to run the Zoom Perfection American 10.5" w/3500# pressure plate. Great unit and some racers would weld 2 Mustang pivots together for more rigidity. Before bracket racing, made many folks switch to automatic, this was the hot-setup. Used to love to get tire chirp into 2nd 3rd and 4th w/a 4.56 rear!
I bought one of the Zoom purple clutch setups for my first Hipo Mustang back in 1974 and it was so strong I could hardly push the pedal down, and it ended up breaking the Z bar.......
even the stock clutches were hard on the z bars. many reports in the SAAC registry of GT-350's still under warranty with bent z bars. And later on, once the bushings in the pedal hanger & those in in the z bar began to wear, the problem was even worse.
Z.
since installing our new CF clutch PP
from NPD
we have also noticed a look more pressure on the clutch pedal
one has to be careful when letting it out!!
iowa
since installing our new CF clutch PP
from NPD
we have also noticed a look more pressure on the clutch pedal
one has to be careful when letting it out!!
iowa
I would think that these strong clutches would make the cars not so enjoyable to drive like we do today.
Been runing a Zoom in my car for years, stock Z bar not to hard to push the pedal
do the modern mustangs have hydraulic clutches?
iowa
since installing our new CF clutch PP
from NPD
we have also noticed a look more pressure on the clutch pedal
one has to be careful when letting it out!!
iowa
everything else new ? hanger bushings, z bar bushings, etc. ? did you have the flywheel resurfaced ?
usually the centerforce clutches, even the dual friction one, are no more difficult to operate than the stock clutch, and often are easier.
when I was using the dual friction clutch the action was easy enough, but the engagement was sudden. So I had to let it out slowly to avoid a burn out. Is this what you are experienceing ? I attributed my "in-or-out" clutch to the fact that I neglected to have the flywheel resurfaced (supposed to be manditory). After a few hundred miles the action became less severe.
Z.
These really do perform well and are a tremedous buy for the money.
We only have one left. 
I certainly wasn't bashing the Zoom product, there are probably more than 1 pressure plate (rating)on the market.....I was 16 years old when I bought my first one and had absolutely no idea what it was execpt a Purple NEW clutch setup....
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